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America's Teacher (Naomi Klein interviews Michael Moore)
The point is that when you have capitalism, capitalism encourages you to think of ways to make money or to make more money. And the judges never could have gotten the kickbacks had the county not privatized the juvenile hall. But because there's been this
Obama the Impotent | The New America Foundation
With the US Senate bogged down in the fight over reforming health care, American leaders have said that the senators might not move on climate legislation until 2010, well after the global climate change conference in Copenhagen in December. That drew a s
Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mindset | Video on TED.com
Talking at the US State Department this summer, Hans Rosling uses his fascinating data-bubble software to burst myths about the developing world. Look for new analysis on China and the post-bailout world, mixed with classic data shows.
Now, Even the Government Has an App Store - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
On Tuesday, Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer, unveiled Apps.Gov, a Web site where federal agencies will able to buy so-called cloud computing applications and services that have been approved by the government to replace more costly and
City of dreams: A radical plan for helping poor countries - The Boston Globe
The question of why so many of the wealthy world’s previous efforts to do just that - the ambitious international initiatives, both public and private, the trillions of dollars in aid - have not had more of an effect has triggered vehement debate among po
How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? - NYTimes.com
Unfortunately, this romanticized and sanitized vision of the economy led most economists to ignore all the things that can go wrong. They turned a blind eye to the limitations of human rationality that often lead to bubbles and busts; to the problems of i
The Most Interesting New Tech Startup of 2009 - Anil Dash
let's take a look at some of the most compelling new sites that have launched in just the few short months since President Obama took office:
* Data.gov, providing open access to feeds of valuable facts and figures generated by the executive branch
This Land - Living in Tents, and by the Rules, Under a Bridge - NYTimes.com
Weary of shelters, the couple pitched a pup tent in Roger Williams Park, close to a plaque bearing words Williams had used to describe this place he founded: “A Shelter for Persons in Distress.” But someone complained, so Mr. Freitas set off again in sear
This Land - Living in Tents, and by the Rules, Under a Bridge - NYTimes.com
Weary of shelters, the couple pitched a pup tent in Roger Williams Park, close to a plaque bearing words Williams had used to describe this place he founded: “A Shelter for Persons in Distress.” But someone complained, so Mr. Freitas set off again in search of shelter. The March winds blew.
Down South Main Street he went, past the majestic court building and the upscale seafood restaurant, over a guardrail to a gravelly plot beneath a ramp that once guided cars toward Cape Cod. Foul-smelling and partially hidden, a place of birds and rodents, it was perfect.
Who Can Possibly Govern California? - NYTimes.com
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illustrates a larger point about people with learning disabilities: when a person struggles to learn in conventional ways, he said, you adapt “in ways that can nurture creative solutions.” Doing so can also promote “audacious goals that many would dismiss as irrational.”
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2010 governor’s race in California might be the most compelling political show in the nation next year. You have nationally known Democrats. You have socially moderate Republicans who favor abortion rights and, to varying degrees, gay rights (if not gay marriage itself), in a state whose traditional strains still run deep. And above all, you have a diverse and, to some degree, radically discordant group of candidates striving to win over one of the country’s most disruptive places (the California of Silicon Valley and the counterculture) and one of its most conservative (the California of Reagan, Nixon and tax revolts). “In a sense, the race to succeed Schwarzenegger is so fascinating because the competing souls of the state are all wrapped up in the candidates,”
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Who Can Possibly Govern California? - NYTimes.com
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SpeEdChange: Social Change and the American School
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I've seen many tweets, for example, spreading the "gospel" that only education can solve poverty. I find this odd because if there is one overwhelming predictor of school failure in the US, it is poverty.
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- what are we doing today?
- Consider what might change if those who spend a fortune daily promoting charter schools and Teach for America were to instead fund - Andrew Carnegie-style - free broadband access across America?
- Or if our governments poured money into finally constructing schools NOT based in Henry Barnard's 1848 advice?
- Or if teacher training institutions became completely free? And were completely re-thought?
- Or if graduates of our public schools were guaranteed free post-secondary training?
- Or if every school was paired with a local health system to help students get and stay healthy?
- Or if U.S. Labor laws were changed to require "Family Living Wages" and paid time off so parents might spend time with their children.
- Or if we finally threw out that "Committee of Ten" curriculum and adopted a project and interest based approach to education?
Why California can't be governed - Los Angeles Times
In this system, elected leaders carry responsibility, but not authority, for far-reaching policies about public revenues and resources. That's not governance -- it's reactive management of a deeply flawed status quo.
The Four Pillars of an Open Civic System - O'Reilly Radar
Government to Citizen, Citizen to Government, Citizen to Citizen, Government to Goverment
Republicans Regain Control of New York State Senate - NYTimes.com
The toppling of Democratic control unfolded in swift and dramatic fashion shortly after 3 p.m. as senators gathered in the lofty oaken chamber for what seemed like small-bore legislative action on an uneventful afternoon.
Republicans Regain Control of New York State Senate - NYTimes.com
The toppling of Democratic control unfolded in swift and dramatic fashion shortly after 3 p.m. as senators gathered in the lofty oaken chamber for what seemed like small-bore legislative action on an uneventful afternoon.
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